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| Man arrested in phone-hacking probe | Man arrested in phone-hacking probe |
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| A man has been arrested in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice, Scotland Yard has said. | |
| The 41-year-old is being held at a south London police station. | The 41-year-old is being held at a south London police station. |
| Officers arrested the man in London at 07:00 GMT on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages. | Officers arrested the man in London at 07:00 GMT on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages. |
| The Met Police's Operation Weeting is investigating the hacking of the mobile phone voicemails of public figures by the now-defunct NoW newspaper. | The Met Police's Operation Weeting is investigating the hacking of the mobile phone voicemails of public figures by the now-defunct NoW newspaper. |
| The phone hacking investigation is working its way through about 300 million emails from News International. | |
| A Scotland Yard spokesman said officers from Operation Weeting had "arrested a man in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice". | |
| He said: "At 7am officers arrested the man at an address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice contrary to common law." | |
| Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson are among those who have already been arrested as part of the inquiry. | Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson are among those who have already been arrested as part of the inquiry. |
| The scandal has led Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson and Assistant Commissioner John Yates to resign, and the NoW to close down after 168 years. | The scandal has led Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson and Assistant Commissioner John Yates to resign, and the NoW to close down after 168 years. |
| Operation Weeting is now investigating claims of more widespread phone hacking. | Operation Weeting is now investigating claims of more widespread phone hacking. |
| Meanwhile, some 1,800 people have come forward to express fears that they may have been hacked. |